CAPACITY BOOST FOR MONGLA SEAPORT

This announcement comes after the development of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge that has improved the port’s direct connectivity with the capital city, Dhaka.

This US$100 million project is being undertaken on a publicprivate-partnership (PPP) basis and is targeting June 2022 as the commencement of operations for two of the new jetties.

Zahirul Huq, Chief Planning Officer, Mongla Port Authority, is confirmed in the international press as stating that the six new jetties, when constructed and operational, will add 800,

000 TEU of additional capacity. This will raise overall port throughput capacity to one million TEU per annum. To put this extra capacity into perspective, in its fiscal year 2020-2021 the port handled just under 44,000TEU, albeit when capacity was at 100,000TEU per annum. Recent investment in new equipment has raised the figure to 200,000TEU per annum.

Currently, larger container ships unable to call at Mongla make a first stop at Chittagong and discharge to lighten the vessel. Mongla is dredged to offer a draft of 9.5m.